Carpet



(No Model.)

B. BERLINE'R.

CARPET. r No. 284,268. Patented-Sept. 4, 1883.

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Q. 3 am Plw To all whom/zit may concerns of a simple checker-boardpattern of matting- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMILE BERLINER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARPET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,268, datedSeptember 4 1883.

I Application filed July 18, I883. (ll'o model.)

Be it known that I, EMILEBERLINER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements inCarpeting, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionbelongsto that class of floorcoverings the pattern ofwhich is formed generally by a number of separate rectangular ortriangular pieces,whioh together form more or less simple geometricaldesigns, such as the well-known parquet floor. It refers in particularto the successful production of matting parquet-emeaning afloor-coveringeconsisting of a number of sections of straw or other.matting, preferably of rectangular form,which are out out from a wholepiece or roll of matting, an'dwhen laid on the floor form geometbroken,orbent; and to overcome these difficulties I find it necessary either toline the matting with some adhesive glue or cement before cutting it orto fiX'the loose edgeswith similar glue or cement after the pieces havebeen cut, or both. M

It will suffice for the illustration of my invention if I confine myselfto the production parquet; and hence in Figure 1 is shown a roll ofmatting, A, from which'are'cut the four square sections a b c d. Afterthey are 1 or fibers of the material. A piece of cut matcement, w, andin addition to this a backing,

y, of wood, pasteboard, or other cheap and t 5O sufficiently stiffmaterial may be added,which portion. Another method of treatingthe cutmatting is shown in Fig. 3. Here the section?) appears lined with alayer of glue or backing, together with the glue and the mat ting, formsa firm section of parquet matting.

It is Often necessary to fix the edges even of these lined or backedparquet sections, and I prefer for this purpose the following method,

illustrated in Fig. 4: Here the cut section of matting O is glued tothevwooden block at. A. thick layer of glue 'or cement, 0, is applied tothe edge all around the block and the mat ting, and a strip of felt orother suitable material, l? P, is by the glue held and fixed around thewhole.. The drawings show the operation partially finished. The strip offelt P P-may be omitted, however, as the layer of glue 0, when hard,will well answer the purpose of making a firm edge. Pieces of. mattingtreated in any of the above-described methods can then be fixed or laidon the floor by means of tacks, pins, or by any of the sisting of piecesof matting which are backed by wood, pasteboard, glue or paste hardened,

or similar substances; nor do I now claim the combination of a piece ofcut matting with an adhering strip of felt or other pliable material.around its edge, because I wish to make these matters part of separateapplications but I claim A parquet carpet consisting of pieces ofmatting cut from apiece, the cut edges of which are fixed by a glue orcement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 25th day of July, 1883.

EMILE BERLINER.

Witnesses:

W. C. TOMPKINs, GEO. WILLIs PIERCE.

